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    11 March 2014
    Italy-France: Mogherini-Repentin meeting

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with French Minister for European Affairs Thierry Repentin. During their discussions, in which Minister Mogherini illustrated the guidelines for the upcoming Italian European Union Presidency, important points of convergence emerged on the importance of Mediterranean concerns and on the advisability of […]

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    11 March 2014
    Tripoli – The cities of Tripolitania “revived”

    One of the richest Roman cities in the Mediterranean – Leptis Magna – lay for centuries beneath the desert sands along the coast of Libya, but has now re-emerged thanks to the efforts of Italian archaeologists. Sabratha The same goes for the beautiful Sabratha, another city in north western Libya founded by the Phoenicians and […]

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    11 March 2014
    Ukraine crisis – Mogherini, Italy working on setting up a Contact Group

    The solution to the crisis in Ukraine lies in dialogue. This is the goal of Italy’s political-diplomatic efforts, and that were the focus of Minister Federica Mogherini’s speeches in international meetings and in her bilateral talks, particularly those she held recently before and after the International Conference on Libya in Rome, attended by 40 delegations […]

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    11 March 2014
    Science Diplomacy – Tuesday 11 March on Radio Luiss new segment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni”

    All international policy activities concerning science and technology could be grouped under the heading “Science Diplomacy”. But what is this complex activity all about and what role do the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs play in this increasingly important sector? The 19th segment of “Diplomazia e dintorni”, which airs on Tuesday 11 March, […]

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    11 March 2014
    Italy-Chile: Giro, excellent political relations and promising economic developments

    “I am very pleased to be in Chile at this moment”, stated Under-Secretary Giro, in Santiago to attend the inauguration of Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet. “Chile is close to Italy’s heart, a friendship born of our emigration and strengthened during the years of the coup and dictatorship, years in which Italy proved its great solidarity. […]

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    Speeches
    11 March 2014
    Speech by Minister Mogherini for International Women’s Day

    (Please check against actual speech delivered) Signor Presidente della Repubblica, Gentili Autorità, Cari ragazzi e ragazze, E’ un onore, ed anche un’emozione per me, essere qui oggi, a nome del Governo, per celebrare una giornata che non rappresenta un vuoto dovere retorico, ma un simbolo vivo di quanta strada è stata fatta per l’affermazione dei […]

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    11 March 2014
    Argentina – Italian courses in Buenos Aires

    The Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires will begin offering its first cycle of 15-week Italian language courses on 10 March. The courses will be divided into regular, intensive and super-intensive. The Institute also offers conversation courses, children’s courses and CILS and CELI exam preparation courses. Italian being one of the most studied languages in […]

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    11 March 2014
    Czech Republic – Italy main protagonist at Prague Carnival

    Italy was the main protagonist at the Prague Carnival. Thanks to collaboration with our embassy and Italian Cultural Institute, a cycle of theatrical spectacles and concerts was organised for the Opera Barocca Festival, with the participation of counter tenor Alessandro Giangrande and the accompaniment of the “In vino veritas” ensemble. Read more, in Italian.

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    11 March 2014
    Hong Kong – Carravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”

    Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]

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    11 March 2014
    Izmir – Italian quartet enchants jazz festival

    The Furio di Castri Quartet played at the opening concert the European Jazz Festival in Izmir to an enthusiastic audience of more than a thousand people, and later on in a jam session for a crowd of 400, while Italian jazz history professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University and the festival’s musical consultant, Francesco Martinelli, held […]

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